An Australian couples' house sitting blog, where we share moments from our house sits, pets we've minded, and some gorgeous places we've visited. Learn about house sitting & discover some tips about how to house sit or, talk to us about an information session on house sitting.

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I don't know about you, but I've got a sweet tooth and my weakness is chocolate. Seriously don't leave one near my vicinity, or it will disappear. I don't know what happens to them, they are there one minute, and then gone the next. So it was with a great deal of thanks that I discovered date truffles also known as energy bites. They make a great alternative to chocolate or sweets, and they rapidly became one of our family favourites.

Almond and Date Truffles:

About 2 cups raw almonds - process in a blender till ground

15 or so dates - chop them and make sure you remove the pits

tahini - a couple of tablespoons

a couple of tablespoons carob powder

1 tspn vanilla extract

Coconut to roll the balls in

After grinding the almonds, simply add everything and blend together

Roll the date mix into small balls and then roll in coconut - keep in the fridge or freezer.

A while ago I discovered Deliciously Ella's Blog. If you love food, especially healthy food, she will inspire you to head off to the market for new ingredients. I enjoyed seeing the variations to the energy bites that she added.

Welcome to our blog...

Let the beauty of what you love, be what you do. ~ Rumi

Hi thank you for visiting today. Our names are Kareen and Kevin and we love travel, homes and animals. So we have combined all our loves and we travel to care for beautiful homes, in lovely locations. And... if you have a special pet treasure to look after, we will give them, tender loving care while you are away.

We are also available to boat sit - we would love to try house sitting on barge boat or house boat in Europe - well for that matter anywhere gorgeous really.